I expected to have to dig around to find the comparison between two comparable systems, one with MSWindows and one with GNU/Linux. Boy was I wrong. Dell put the cost of MSWindows front-center with a button titled “Personalize with WindowsXP for an Additional $150″. Good for Dell!

So do I want to pay $239 for the Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu or $389 for the exactly same system with Microsoft’s buggy OS? hmmm….

And here’s the visual, screenshot from Dell’s website today, with eee_eff graffiti added: